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Hell and Low Water

from Myths and Roads by Lesser Beggars

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THINGS WE HAVE FOUND TO BE OUR OWN AFTER ALL SEEDS WE HAVE SOWN AND PLANTED ALL ALONG KINGS WE HAVE CROWNED IN PLACE OF OUR KING A NEED FOR THINGS TO GROW IS A NEED WE NEED TO SEE ASHAMED TO FIND OUT IT WAS THE DAILY BREAD WE SEEK THRONES OF THE EMPIRE IS WHERE OUR HEADS WILL SLEEP NAMED AND KNOWN WE ARE BUT ALONE WE WILL STAY STONES WE WILL THROW TO CAST OUR SINS AWAY WE’RE SINKING TO OUR NECKS IN WATER ANKLE DEEP DIGNIFIED WE ARE AS WE SOW WHAT WE REAP DRINKING FROM THIS CUP LIKE WHISKEY FROM A WELL GLORIFIED WE RUN BUT WE ARE CHASED BACK INTO HELL IN THE SILENCE OF GOD WE FEEL A HAUNTING IN OUR CHEST DAYS AND DAYS WE GO WITHOUT AN OUNCE OF REST OUR VIOLENCE WILL COME BUT OUR VIOLENCE WON’T STAY PRAISE AND PRAISE WE SING BUT WE WILL ALWAYS GO ASTRAY

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from Myths and Roads, released August 4, 2010

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